The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
ruBARKINu THE MAILS.
-urc ON AN OCEAN STEAMER
AT QUEENSTOWN.

-. the steeragc lasscnsers~-:As
,.,aer Draws Al"ngside-t'rcsi
n,x ~ Of Irish misunderstanding tho
.,,r n,rs-outward Bound
,,,st be very unimpressionable
hs -rhose interest is not roused by the
slsor o7, : m American mail steamer on the
tce''' at.ar she leaves liverpool as she
ID. a.,,s %, s7oDg the Irisl, coast in the bright
sala al:'.ht of !, breezt morning. The vary
sln"ff, f,+n,s and colors Of hcatlland and
ny. W wo,l,. alone be worthy Of notice;
sDo. a., curious mass Ct humanity gath
1', ~. ~ the great ship is perhaps more in
.l:u :..,;nr in And it must be admitted that
Nls, s' so,oon passengers. taken rs u whole,
..a y. to The observer less Of interest and
ea's sootar ~ than the miscellaneous throng
slla, sa collect in the less favored quarters OF
,ha shin. There is u monotonous appear
IN aeo of comfort and prosperity about the
"uv, .,oo, passengcrs--eacl with his private
saw saaa;r-wnich renders them u little dull.
sn%'' nnt every step among the steerage pas
,acors gives, rise to a guess or q rct1ec-
.;an Here is Il sturdy fellow from, u
vortshire vor iron works on his way to the
totes % to seek for employment, Close by
;he saloon door is 1a,orer from Wits
,a raw boned. with q couple OF children
snl weary Wife Th" whole family nave
~ m air of ie>rnuiencN about them which
.oos not a,.ur well fer their future. A
.o,n]e Of l,alia: niasu.ls are laughingan
Ss;pg with very light hearts indeed; and
nonc by one, each differing from the
-. f,1l Il.
hl Of confidence in the future or feeling
hat across the ocean lift an,lot bc harder
ihon at l.ome-the miscellaneous throng
moves about the ship.
MOVEMENT An , DusTLE.
+ Fut the white buildings On Roche's
mint cleaning in the sunlight tell that
+ ihe vessel is nearing Queenstown, and a
belipq of movement and hustle comes over
nassengers and crew. There is talk Of l.
the last British port, u haste to post the
last letters to friends in England. The
.bip slowly steams up the harbor, past the
teights Of Carlisle fort, aud on as If she
were bound straight to the white terraces
! f Queenstown. Gradually she ceases to
make hea.lway, and comes to q standstill
aetween the little village of Whitcgates
and the bleak sides OF Spike island. The
tender is approaching; but already boats
iull Of untidy girls, selling apples ana with
baskets Of hog oak ornaments and lace,
nave surrounded the ship AS the tender
draws alongside it is evident that the mails
have not arrived; there are only piles of
hggage and crowd Of passengers. Some
~, Enr1;cI A.rnr;cons V..hn h0ro
crossed through Ireland to shorten the
voyage by some sixteen hours, or to visit
Killarney; most arc emigrants from Ire
land Soon the throng of Irish pours over
he gangway--a widowed father carrying
bis infant, followed by half q dozen brown
eyed gentle looking children; a stal.art
youth with comely sister; u hard wien
faced old farmer in a coat Of frieZe down
b his heels, with his wife.
Nothing is more striking than the fresh
beauty of the Irish children and the
vithered hardness of the middle aged and
elderly men and women. Most of them
carry their worldly goods in a bag or a
handkerchief. Their heaps OF bedding,
With the tin utensils for the voyage fas-
tened to them, are pitched one after All.
ether On the deck, while the owners vainly
Try to push past the line of seanen tC
secure their property. It would he u sat
sight, this hurrying of these people from
their homes, if one could forget tht
squalid misery from which they are escap
mg But the tender has been emptied
and Is eft again for the shore to meet th'
mails. The train has Just drawn up, ant
soon files OF porters, like u line of ants
are putting the sacks on board, and th
aender is prepared to make her secons
trip
COUNTING THE MA1LDAGs.
This time she has scarcely any otlc
sarden but the mails; and so. when sh
comes alongside Of the steamer, a lOzel
VI the crew are very soon ut work pilin
them on the ,leck CT the ship. An Office
counts the bags as they cone on board
one, two, three, four, five, six. seven, eight
niue, ten, tally So they go over tn
gahsway by tens. They took mp Il gre;l
part ot the space Oh the tender, and the
MAKE aaa huge pile ON the steamer: som
wv sacks Of letters and papers make
possible to realize the vast corresponding
y! the present day. But for some thu
Me great ship has been slowly ,novin
seaWard with the tug attached to he
aamldships, and the line of seamen Lurr!
As' each with his sack. across the gan:
way. The long dark sides of the ina
ss'eaher, and her lofty upper deck, Qui
swarf the tender; the captain looSi,
eo"h NJ from his bridge seems far ;.lci
T. .ue Ratings are lined with hundreds
lNes-~there are fully !, thousa I'd passe
sefs on the ship-wa,chiny the mai
.'lls on board. Every one except Il
aesa,ar passengers between New 10,
ALA Liverpool, of whom there are alwa
Mv'efai on board, look Il little anxiou
-. %Sss o' Il" poorer men and women ii
HI; hIs a curious spectacle to stand on t
ss,ase of the tender and look aion. I
.h" .,aes u the ship at the great vessel "a
ae varying faces On her. But the l.,
.s .s Is On board, the bell On the steamer
n"arp'y struck, and few friends of t
p.ssehgcrs, 4 newspaper boy. and Sol